How AI Scope-Creep Protection Works

A complete walkthrough of our contract software—from drafting focus contracts to handling scope requests and sending automated status updates.

Draft a plain‑English Focus Contract

Input

Upload your proposal • paste chat snippets • add a simple task list

{"proposal": "Redesign homepage for ACME.", "chat": "We agreed on 3 concepts + 1 revision.", "tasks": ["3 homepage concepts", "1 revision", "Figma handoff"]}

📄 Proposal.pdf💬 Client DM (excerpt)✅ Tasks (3)

Output

Shareable 1‑page contract (no client login)

Scope

Design 3 homepage concepts
1 round of revisions
Figma handoff

Exclusions

Custom illustrations
Copywriting
Backend integration

Timeline

Draft by Friday · Final by next Wednesday

https://focuscontract.app/c/ACME‑home…

Client views & signs in one click

Client View

Mobile‑friendly • branded header • single confirm button

"Looks good. Confirming scope & timeline."

Audit Trail

Timestamped confirmations for your records

🕒 10:21 — Contract generated
🔗 10:23 — Client link opened (SF, US)
✅ 10:25 — Client confirmed scope

AI protects your focus (scope‑creep firewall)

Incoming request

From Slack / Email / WhatsApp

"Quick one — can you add a pricing calculator on the homepage too?"

Classification

Policy‑aware, contract‑aware

Out of scopeConfidence 0.92

{
  "intent": "feature_request",
  "in_scope": false,
  "reason": "Feature not listed in scope; impacts timeline",
  "suggested_options": [
    { "type": "Change Order", "eta": "+3 days", "price": "$350" },
    { "type": "Phase 2", "eta": "Next sprint", "price": "$0 now" }
  ]
}

Drafted reply

Tone‑adaptive, editable before sending

"Great idea! It's outside our current scope, but I can add it via a quick change order (+3 days, $350) or slot it for Phase 2 at no extra cost this sprint. Which do you prefer?"

If in‑scope…

The other branch

In scopeAuto‑ticket created

Create task in Trello/Jira
Estimate & link to scope line
Notify client with ETA

Auto status pings keep clients calm

Status sources

Tasks • commits • time logs

✅ Concepts finalized
🔧 Revision round scheduled
📦 Handoff checklist prepared

Client update

Two sentences, max

✅ Concepts finalized. Next: your review by Friday. If approved, we'll ship the final Figma handoff Wednesday.

Finish with receipts & insights

Export package

PDF contract • audit trail • change orders

Signed focus contract (PDF)
Scope decisions & timestamps
Status messages log

Insights

Where time really went

Top causes of scope tension
Average response time to requests
Tasks delaying delivery most often

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